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Martin Valliant slept at the foot of the tower stairway with Mellis’s sword beside him. He fell asleep with one hand gripping the hilt, like a child clutching a toy.
Mellis did not have to wake him that morning, for he was up before the birds had begun their orisons, his heart full of the great adventure that life had thrust upon him. He had taken it solemnly, like a young man before his knighthood, or a soldier setting forth2 on a Crusade, and all that he did that morning in the gray of the dawn betrayed the symbolical3 passion of the lover. He was to enter upon a new state before he touched that white harness, and so he went to the mere4, stripped off his clothes, and bathed in the water. Then he knelt awhile, grave-eyed and strong, watching the sun rise on the new day, while the birds were a choir5 invisible.
When Mellis came down from her chamber6 she found him in the garden with the harness spread out upon the leather sack, so that the wet grass should not tarnish7 it. He had cut his cassock short above the knees, and was holding the salade in his hands and staring at it like a crystal gazer.
He flushed, and glanced at her with an air of bafflement.
“These iron clothes are new to me.”
Mellis did not smile at his predicament, though she guessed that he had no knowledge of how to arm himself.
“You must try the feel of it,” she said, “for a man should test himself with the weight of his harness. Four hands are needed for such a toilet. When we have eaten I will play the page to you.”
She was as good as her word, and the arming of Martin Valliant was an event in the life of the garden. Mellis made him seat himself upon the bench, while she picked up the pieces one by one and taught him his lesson by buckling8 them on with her own hands. First came the breast- and back-plates, the pauldrons and gorget, the vam-braces and rear-braces. Then she made him stand up.
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hood
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n.头巾,兜帽,覆盖;v.罩上,以头巾覆盖 | |
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symbolical
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n.唱诗班,唱诗班的席位,合唱团,舞蹈团;v.合唱 | |
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n.房间,寝室;会议厅;议院;会所 | |
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n.晦暗,污点;vt.使失去光泽;玷污 | |
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adj.雕塑像下半身包在鞘中的;覆盖的;铠装的;装鞘了的v.将(刀、剑等)插入鞘( sheathe的过去式和过去分词 );包,覆盖 | |
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a. 有带扣的 | |
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slung
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抛( sling的过去式和过去分词 ); 吊挂; 遣送; 押往 | |
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strap
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n.皮带,带子;v.用带扣住,束牢;用绷带包扎 | |
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chafing
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joints
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接头( joint的名词复数 ); 关节; 公共场所(尤指价格低廉的饮食和娱乐场所) (非正式); 一块烤肉 (英式英语) | |
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sweeping
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crabbed
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clogged
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(使)阻碍( clog的过去式和过去分词 ); 淤滞 | |
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humble
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adj.谦卑的,恭顺的;地位低下的;v.降低,贬低 | |
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badger
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v.一再烦扰,一再要求,纠缠 | |
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reins
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感情,激情; 缰( rein的名词复数 ); 控制手段; 掌管; (成人带着幼儿走路以防其走失时用的)保护带 | |
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bland
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adj.淡而无味的,温和的,无刺激性的 | |
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snare
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n.陷阱,诱惑,圈套;(去除息肉或者肿瘤的)勒除器;响弦,小军鼓;vt.以陷阱捕获,诱惑 | |
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thicket
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n.灌木丛,树林 | |
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qualms
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n.不安;内疚 | |
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archer
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warden
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n.监察员,监狱长,看守人,监护人 | |
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moor
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n.荒野,沼泽;vt.(使)停泊;vi.停泊 | |
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debonair
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adj.殷勤的,快乐的 | |
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puffed
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crimson
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n./adj.深(绯)红色(的);vi.脸变绯红色 | |
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jade
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doorway
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sodden
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dough
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n.生面团;钱,现款 | |
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勒缰绳使(马)停步( rein的过去式和过去分词 ); 驾驭; 严格控制; 加强管理 | |
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dolt
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reticent
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beech
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n. (席位间的)通道, 侧廊 | |
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growls
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v.(动物)发狺狺声, (雷)作隆隆声( growl的第三人称单数 );低声咆哮着说 | |
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terse
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adj.(说话,文笔)精炼的,简明的 | |
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judgment
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n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见 | |
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outlaw
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n.歹徒,亡命之徒;vt.宣布…为不合法 | |
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flaunts
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v.炫耀,夸耀( flaunt的第三人称单数 );有什么能耐就施展出来 | |
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quarry
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n.采石场;v.采石;费力地找 | |
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garrison
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lust
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n.性(淫)欲;渴(欲)望;vi.对…有强烈的欲望 | |
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v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降 | |
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bluff
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v.虚张声势,用假象骗人;n.虚张声势,欺骗 | |
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drawn
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v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的 | |
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meddles
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brag
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larder
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n.食物贮藏室,食品橱 | |
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philosophically
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adv.哲学上;富有哲理性地;贤明地;冷静地 | |
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